Improvement in the manufacture of spoons



fof .Mei-iden, New I-Iaven eon'nty, Connecticut,

' metal andare afterwardaffixed together by tion with the soldering of the owing of the tin thereon', eansedby the heat manner; ont-I strike downlat the plaeewhere Vner side to receive the end of the handle, and' lUNITED uSTATES nUssELL n. PERKINS,

oF MnRiDEN, CONNECTICUT, Ass

e PERKINS, on SAM-E PLACE.

'PATENT QFFICE.

I GNOR fro PARKER specification forming pmbf- Leails Patent Np.'4 azgsgietediippii v1, l1862.

'To ail-when?, zit-may con/eerie; i Be it known that-I, RUSSELL B. PERKIN,

have invented a newand useful Imlgirovefl ,nient in thejll/lanufaeture of Iron Spoons; yand I do hereby declare that the fol-lowing isya full, eleaipandeXac-t description of*ih'eSame,` reference being'made to the annexed draW-. ingsgnaking'a part of this spee'itieation, im` which similarleitvers indicate similar parts throughout the figures. l

e My invention has reference to that kindfot4 iron spoons in which the'bowl and the han dle are struck out of separate pieces of plate'vv means of riveting or dovetailing in eonnee VcontiguousSurl faces by the vact of tinning. As commonly! made the bowl has beenjforrned ofaapieeeo tin-plate struck int-o the Vexact ehapereqniredfor theinteriorwhen finished, andthe han#v dlefof iron plate has been` putlontolthe-ont'- side of .this,the"parts vbeingboth-tinned on .the surfaces which arefto `come. together. A rivet was thenl pnt through --botln` and when afterward thev Wholespoon'ivas tnned the :two surfaces 'in contaetbeeamennited bythe of the tinningbathI The bowl of'a spoon thus constructed, ifmade as light. as desirable, readily bends justat the side ot'v the line of junction, and, in faet, the Weakest portion of the spoon is at that part. The object of my improvement is to give the bowl a form of greaterstrengih, whereby it may resist such ben ding fore-e, and also to affix the han- (lley 'more securely," and that Illlave aecomplished both of these to a very'considerable degree will be` apparent frornthe following description of my metl -d ofeonstrnetion.

I make the bowl generally inv the n`sual the handle is to be joined a recess on the in- 1 .tniwni therefore brgafinedupnth inner ernetalof thesbowlinstead of the' and 'in'this th'e'lrivetf .ef-is seen' projecting above? the surface', 'being'V pnt through from .Y the ontsidef'fhe handle-part. is shownin t Fig/T2, `and --thjsis .also generally formed `in the iisiia manner; the part atfb being made, l howeveigl'ioift'into'the recess e. The' parts are'nowtov betinned, andfhavingf then been put together and the pin o riveteddown, as shown in lthe septional View, Eig. 3', the spoon isthen to be'tirined in the ordinary`1nanner zandgth'is effects. the solderirgof the bowl and handle,` as is well known. It will thus be4 seen that the handle hasta bearing nfpon the 'bowl along-.the edges of the part 11,-as well as upon the fiat; portions, and, as itfis made to t info .t-helfeeess, it would not turniipon the rivet if the" partsfwere'not soldered. The surfaees to. be nited by the soldering are, Y however, great/er, and heneethe spoon is' 'stronger,fromthateause while as the bowl vat this partis struck ont of the-line of`regu`f Y' lareurveit hasthe formof strengtlfldue to" the additional angles, as is well known. I have deseribed the recessas made on the interior of the bowl; but it will be obvious that itY maybe struck in from the exterior and the handle be affixed on that side, The t desired contour'ot the interior of the bowl would, however; be lost thereby.' 7 f I elaim- Y' Forming the recess in the bowl of the 'e spoon for the reception l.of the .handle by swaging 'the same by ineansj-,ofzidiea as set` forth.- -v

Witnesses: Y. l .It WfMILEs,

CEAS. D. 'WILLIAMS lthe -hov'flisepaiatelhaving thefreeess ata,` 

